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Daniel Huffman @pinakographos.bsky.social · 5h

The new ones have arrived!

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Andrew Middleton @mapcenter.com · 1d

Anyway. I've partnered with @decolonialatlas.bsky.social to distribute their incredible map of North America from an Indigenous perspective with all placenames in the native language. Paper ones sold at cost. www.mapcenter.com/store/p/turt...

Turtle Island Decolonized — The Map Center

Every map instantly creates two types of people: those who make the maps and those that are mapped. Every map represents a world view and a perspective and I’m so delighted to offer this piece that sh...

www.mapcenter.com

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Daniel Huffman @pinakographos.bsky.social · 3d

Give that man a lifetime contract.

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The Map Room @maproomblog.com · 4d

Tonika Lewis Johnson, whose Folded Map Project explores decades of segregation in Chicago neighbourhoods, and Margaret Wickens Pearce, whom Map Room readers might remember for Coming Home to Indigenous Place Names in Canada, are among… More

Two Mapmakers Awarded MacArthur Fellowship

Tonika Lewis Johnson, whose Folded Map Project explores decades of segregation in Chicago neighbourhoods, and Margaret Wickens Pearce, whom Map Room readers might remember for Coming Home to Indigenous Place Names in Canada, are among… More

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Daniel Huffman @pinakographos.bsky.social · 5d

Also, super-impressed at the level of detail. This was cast using cotton linter, which people online said was great at capturing detail in molds, but this is way beyond my expectation. You can see the tiny ridges from the 3D print!

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Maptime HQ @maptime.bsky.social · 5d

Hello friends!

No, Maptime HQ is not "back", we are still on indefinite hiatus.

But! There are still many decentralized #maptime chapters that are active around the world, so we wanted to create a centralized MaptimeHQ account to *occasionally* repost that mappy goodness.

We miss you all! ❤️🌈

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Daniel Huffman @pinakographos.bsky.social · 5d

Unsure how well the gores part will work, given that the surface isn't flat. But, I kept the relief somewhat low in hopes that the gores can deform a bit around it. I still need to explore methods/materials though.

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Daniel Huffman @pinakographos.bsky.social · 5d

My first ever paper casting. I'm making a raised-relief globe out of the data for my Chiron map. I've got a 3D printed mold of one hemisphere that I did a casting into (just a test one; full coverage is next). After that I'm hoping to print out/glue on some gores to form the color surface.

A portion of a paper casting, in the shape of a hemisphere with some bumps on it.

A grey plastic mold used for casting the paper. It's bowl-shaped, and has various indentations in it representing terrain.

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Jerry Shannon @jerry-shannon.bsky.social · 6d

Great to see Margaret Pearce among this year's MacArthur Fellows! www.macfound.org/fellows/clas...

Margaret Wickens Pearce

Foregrounding Indigenous understandings of land and place in maps that visualize Native Peoples’ knowledge, history, and stories.

www.macfound.org

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Daniel Huffman @pinakographos.bsky.social · 8d

Dryad № 19: The Climbing Criteria. In which I have unkind words to say about the common hackberry. dryad.substack.com/p/19-the-cli...

№ 19: The Climbing Criteria

Last evening, I climbed an eastern white pine (Pinus strobus). I mostly skip conifers, and the rarity of the experience brought my mind back to a topic I’ve meant to write about for a while: what make...

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Daniel Huffman @pinakographos.bsky.social · 8d

Dryad № 19: The Climbing Criteria. In which I have unkind words to say about the common hackberry. dryad.substack.com/p/19-the-cli...

№ 19: The Climbing Criteria

Last evening, I climbed an eastern white pine (Pinus strobus). I mostly skip conifers, and the rarity of the experience brought my mind back to a topic I’ve meant to write about for a while: what make...

dryad.substack.com

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Andrew Middleton @mapcenter.com · 9d

In continuation of my spotless record of earnestly oversharing about my career, I offer yet another blog post: www.mapcenter.com/blog/budget-...

Budget Cuts and the End of the Line — The Map Center

Well, the budget cuts come for us all, in the end. For the past year I've been a contractor for Amtrak where I've been working remotely from my desk at The Map Center. I've effectively been doing two ...

www.mapcenter.com

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Sebas van den Brink @sebasvandenbrink.nl · 9d

Dutch zip codes (postcode) form a unique alphanumerical system in which one only needs the 4 digits and 2 letters combined with a house number to find any unique address in the country. Get the map: www.studiolegenda.com/produ... 🔹

Postcode Map of the Netherlands

The Dutch Postal Code Map of the Netherlands is truly a unique map. Every municipality is on this map, with every first two digits of the Dutch postal code system (postcode) represented in it. At the bottom you'll find a bit of history about the uniq

www.studiolegenda.com

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Bill Morris @vtcraghead.bsky.social · 10d

"You don't get to decide when you're in a fight. If someone punches you in the face, you're in one. We're in one."

www.liberalcurrents.com/democrats-mu...

Democrats Must Embrace War Mindset

We have exited a long period of peace and entered into a struggle not unlike war, in which all the old certainties have gone malleable and the future of the republic is at stake.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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toMake @tomake.bsky.social · 12d

SILENCE
IS NOT AN OPTION
ACT NOW

#WoodType #Letterpress #toMake

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Andrew Middleton @mapcenter.com · 12d

Budget cuts come for us all. My contract with Amtrak is not being renewed and it's up tomorrow.

I'll have more time to work on the Map Center but until it's fully off the ground, I'm a GIS analyst with 12 years of experience in ESRI, open source, education and cartography.
#gigeconomy
#opentowork

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Daniel Huffman @pinakographos.bsky.social · 15d

This is a coaster at my brother's house. I'm planning to replace it with a new one that has fewer major inaccuracies.

A coaster showing a map of the Great Lakes. There are several major inaccuracies in how the lake boundaries are drawn, along with very unclear and inconsistent labeling.

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Mike Hall @thisismikehall.com · 16d

Been a bit quiet on the ol' shop website lately. If you're looking for an original, quality map print designed by an independent artist either for yourself or a fellow cartophile, it might be worth a look.
➡️ shop.thisismikehall.com

Detail of the area around Trafalgar Square and Whitehall from a vintage style map of London, UK

Detail of Britain and Ireland, northern France and the Low Countries from an antique style map of Europe

A display of framed retro style maps of London Boroughs, including Tower Hamlets, Newham, Greenwich and Bexley

Detail of southern Portugal and the Algarve region from a vintage style map of the railway network in Spain and Portugal

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Daniel Huffman @pinakographos.bsky.social · 17d

The lowest branch was trimmed off, so I can't climb it anymore, but I achieved my main goals of: 1) seeing the tree again, and 2) finding out what species it was.

Daniel Huffman @pinakographos.bsky.social · 17d

It was near sunset, but after many, many years, I finally got to revisit one of the most important trees of my life, a northern red oak on the Kalamazoo College campus.

A northern red oak on a campus lawn. Dimly lit.

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Daniel Huffman @pinakographos.bsky.social · 17d

dryad.substack.com/p/18-the-sec...

№ 18: The Second Tree

There are only two trees that I can remember climbing prior to getting serious about my hobby a few years ago.

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Daniel Huffman @pinakographos.bsky.social · 17d

It was near sunset, but after many, many years, I finally got to revisit one of the most important trees of my life, a northern red oak on the Kalamazoo College campus.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · Sep 5

IMPORTANT: The Dutch invest €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart govts do the math on investing in better mobility.

Let’s be clear— it wastes public money to NOT do it.

#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.bsky.social

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Daniel Huffman @pinakographos.bsky.social · 19d

After months, I finally remembered to put this print on my store page, so that people know where to look if they want a charmingly distressing world map.

somethingaboutmaps.com/Storefront

And if you'll be at #NACIS2025 in Louisville, you can see it in person and deface it with dry erase markers.

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Xemartin Laborde @xemartinlaborde.bsky.social · 19d

Autre travail en cours 🌐

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Daniel Huffman @pinakographos.bsky.social · 19d

Lovely as always. I know this is still in progress, so this might get fixed later, but the Dymaxion projection author went by "R. Buckminster Fuller."

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